Annotation:Capitaine voleur
X:1 T:Capitaine voleur, Le S:Isidore Soucy N:A reworking of "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines" M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Starr 15349a (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (1927) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D d ef||Sg2f2 gaga|f2d2 faa2|e2c2 ef e2|ddc2 B2 Af| gg f2 gag2|f2d2 faa2|e2 c2 ef g2|aa a2 af[d2f2]| ggg2 gag2|f2d2 faf2|e2c2 efe2|d2c2B2Af| gg f2 gag2|f2d2 faa2|e2 c2 ef g2|a2 a2 f2a2|| [M:6/4]((3BcB A2) d2[A2f2] e-fg2| B2c2 d2 effe d2|[M:C|]AFA2 (3BcB A2|d2f2 efg2| [M:6/4]B2c2 d2 effe d2|[M:C|]AFA2 (3BcB A2|fd[d2f2] efg2|[M:6/4]B2c2d2A2e2f2S||
CAPITAINE VOLEUR. French-Canadian (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Jean Duval finds Soucy's "Capitaine Voleur" to be a version of the comic song "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines", popular in North America in the first half of the 19th century. Capitain Voleur (trickster Captain) was also the name of a cotillion-like dance-game popular through the early 20th century.
